IMMUNOREACTIVE LH-RELEASING HORMONE IN PLASMA: MIDCYCLE ELEVATION IN WOMEN*

1 March 1974

journal article
other
Published by The Endocrine Society in Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Vol. 38 (3) , 510-513
https://doi.org/10.1210/jcem-38-3-510

Abstract

Ovulation in women requires the midcycle release of luteinizing hormone (LH) from the pituitary gland. The use of a sensitive and specific radioimmunoassay for LH-releasing hormone (LH-RH)made it possible to demonstrate that the preovulatory surge of LH is associated with an increase in LH-RH levels in the peripheral plasma, probably resulting from an increased secretion of this hormone from the hypothalamus.

Keywords

MIDCYCLE
LH RELEASING
RELEASING HORMONE
PLASMA
PREOVULATORY
OVULATION
GLAND
PITUITARY